2/6th Battalion Territorial Force
14.09.1914 Formed at Chesterfield and then moved to Buxton.
03.02.1915 Moved to Luton as part of the 178th Brigade of the 59th Division and then moved to Dunstable and then Watford.
26.04.1916 Moved to Ireland stationed at Dublin and then Curragh.
12.01.197 Returned to England at Fovant, Salisbury Plain.
25.02.1917 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1917
The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The capture of Bourlon Wood, The German counter attacks.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge.
07.05.1918 Reduced to cadre and part of the Lines of Communication.
31.07.1918 Disbanded in France.
BORN SUTTON 1897. SON OF GEORGE & MATILDA BAYSTON, HESSLE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 23/05/1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. NB: ARTHUR BAYSTON - 14 WILLIAM TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET.
BORN PRESTON 1877. SON OF BENJAMIN AND JANE BISHOP, OF ST OLAVE, YORK. HE RESIDED IN HULL. MARRIED AT BEVERLEY, ON 02/10/1898. HIS WIFE FLORENCE SMELT (1881-1939) & THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT THE COTTAGE, OAKTREE HOUSE, PRESTON ( ARMY ADDRESS). HE WAS DOMESTIC COACHMAN, GROOM AND GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 24/06/1916, AGED 3 […]
3 DUESBURY TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/03/1918
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FREDERICK BORRILL & ALICE BORRILL (1862-1954), OF 3, DUESBERRY TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL AND 22, SALTHOUSE LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED FOR EARLES SHIPYARD. BROTHER TO ALICE, MAUD, JOHN AND GEORGE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/6ths SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/191 […]
70 , SELBY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/09/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT & ALICE BURTON, OF SELBY STREET HULL, AND 13 TRINITY GROVE, HESSLE. WORKED AS A FARM ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS) AND WITH HIS FATHER, AT ANNISON'S CABS, WITHAM, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTER. KILLED IN ACTION 26/09/1917, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]
BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & HANNAH MARIE CAMPEY, OF 92 , WELLSTED STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 32, NEW VILLAGE ROAD, COTTINGHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE ELDER SISTER, ETHEL MARY CAMPEY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/6TH SHERWODD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 21. COMME […]
BORN HULL 27/05/1897. SON OF EMMA WALKER (1860-1936) & ARTHUR CARTLEDGE (1863-1926), OF 20 , MAPLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER OF HARRY, NORA, MAUD, PERCY & CLARENCE. HE WORKED FOR THE BRIOTH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH SHERWOOD FORESTER. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 12/11/1917, AGED 20. […]
16 RUSSELL TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
18/04/1918
Aged
20
Born Hull 18/02/1898. Only child of William Harold Chew (1873-1935) & Minnie Frances Chew (1870-1946) of 16 Russell Terrace, Norfolk Street, Hull (CWGC address). Ex Blundell's worker. He enlisted in Hull, on 01/03/1916, aged 18 years and 1 month. Described as 5 foot, 9 inches tall, 138 lbs weight, & 36 inch chest. Arrived in Fran […]
BORN LANGWITH, DERBY, 1888. FOURTH SON OF JOHN CUTTS & ALICE STONES, OF BOLSOVER, DERBYSHIRE. HE ENLISTED IN MANSFIELD, NOTTS. HE LIVED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 20988, WITH THE 2ND/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 30. BURIED AT QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS […]
26 , PORTLAND PLACE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/09/1917
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF HARRY & JENNIE ELLIS AT 65, DAY STREET HULL, AND 26, PORTLAND PLACE, PROSPECT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A CABINET MAKER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED AT PASCHENDAELE ON 27/09/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF SELINA FOSTER, OF 7 ASH GROVE, ABBEY STREET, HULL, AND 11, RENFEW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 241928, IN THE 2/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/09/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
5 CARLTON AVENUE, DELHI STREET, MARFLEET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/10/1917
Aged
31
BORN WATER PRIORY, POCKLINGTON, YORKS 1886. SON OF FRANCIS JOHN THOMAS FRANKISH & JANE SCRUTON. A DOCK LABOURER. HE LIVED AT 5 CARLTON AVENUE, DELHI STREET, MARFLEET, HULL. MARRIED OCTOBER 1909. WIFE, MAUD EDITH BOSS & DAUGHTER MAUD (BORN IN 1915). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARR […]
73, DUESBURY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/04/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. ELDEST SON OF HENRY CHARLES GAMBLE (MERCHANT SEAMAN) & BEATRICE KEMP GAMBLE (1870-1958), OF 17, ALL SAINTS STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 73, DUESBURY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS, VERA, ENID AND ALMA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/ […]
5, RIPON GROVE, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
07/05/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF LEONARD FARROW GREEN (1875-1959) & ETHEL ROSEMAN SAYERS (1877-1928), OF 5 RIPON GROVE, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A CLERK FOR THE HULL STEARINE COMPANY. HE SERVED WITH THE 2/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. HE WAS WOUNDED NEAR THE GRAMN LINES, ON THE 27TH APRIL 1917 AND STRA […]
BORN ACOMB, YORKSHIRE 1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF TOM & E A HAGITT, BEVERLY ADDRESS 1911 CENSUS & THEN WINDSOR. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORIAL AT ST ANDREWS' CHURCH.
6 IRENES TERRACE, LORRAINE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/12/1917
Aged
25
BORN COTTINGHAM 1892. SON OF JOSEPH HALL AND JANE ANN HARRISON, OF 6 IRENES TERRACE, LORRAINE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND NINE SISTERS. BEFORE WAR HE WORKED FOR HULL EXTRACTION OIL MILLS, STONEFERRY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2/5TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, O […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HENRY T & MARY E HARDY ABOVE. BROTHERS ARTHUR, HERBERT, CHArLES & FRANK. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN INKERMAN HEDGES (1860-1931) AND KATE WREN (1860-1936), OF 16 GOODRICK TERRACE, CAVE STREET, HULL AND SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. SON OF A GARDNER. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN AND FOUR SONS WHO DIED DURING THE WAR. HE WORKED AS A GARDENER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 2/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTER. HE MARRIED ET […]
4 BRIDLINGTON AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/03/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN & ALICE HOLFORD AT 6 VENTNOR STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE CRICKET & ATHLETIC CLUB'S ROH..
BORN BEVERLEY 1897. FOURTH AND YOUNGEST SON OF VINCENT & SARAH ANN KNOWLES, OF ALBANY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). SON OF A BUILDER. THE FIFTH OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTER. KILLED IN ACTION 27/9/1917, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT CEMETERY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED […]
2 SUSAN TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
28/03/1917
Aged
20
BORN BEVERLEY 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF ALBERT MAWER ABOVE.
